"Grosseto railway station Grosseto railway station () is the main station serving the city and ""comune"" of Grosseto, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1864, it forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. The Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway is a double track main line connecting Pisa with the Tyrrhenian Sea and"
"European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transport. Other company subsidiaries include TrainOSE, the sole operator for passenger and freight services in Greece, which is under the company's management since 2017, Busitalia, Centostazioni, Fercredit, Ferservizi, FS Logistica, FS Sistemi Urbani, Grandi Stazioni, Italferr, Netinera, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which manages the infrastructure of the Italian rail network, and Mercitalia, the group's freight operations subsidiary, founded in 2017 Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane owns and operates a ferry service for rail trains connecting the mainland to Sicily, crossing the Strait of Messina. They carry InterCity, InterCityNotte and goods wagon by means of"
"Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. The station was opened on 6 November 1885, upon the inauguration the third part of the Novara–Varallo railway, from Grignasco to Borgosesia. Three tracks, two of which are equipped with platforms. Borgosesia railway station Borgosesia railway station () is the train station serving the ""comune"" of Borgosesia, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. It is the junction of the Novara–Varallo. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the passenger building is managed by comune. The station is served only by historic trains, in the service of tourism, in planned dates."
"extensive, especially in the north, totalizing 16,862 km of which 69% are electrified and on which 4,937 locomotives and railcars circulate. It is the 12th largest in the world, and is operated by state-owned Ferrovie dello Stato, while the rail tracks and infrastructure are managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. While a number of private railroads exist and provide mostly commuter-type services, the national railway also provides sophisticated high-speed rail service that joins the major cities. The Florence–Rome high-speed railway was the first high-speed line opened in Europe when more than half of it opened in 1977. In 1991 the TAV"
"unify the previously fragmented position of the group in the freight transport sector. In 2017 he has been appointed as Professor in Mobility: Infrastructure and Services at the Polytechnic University of Milan. On 10 January 2018, the Board of Directors of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane confirmed Renato Mazzoncini as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Group for 2018 - 2020. On 25 July 2018, Renato Mazzoncini was removed from his roles in Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane by the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Danilo Toninelli. Renato Mazzoncini Renato Mazzoncini has been the CEO and COO of the"
"ring-road (the ""Grande Raccordo Anulare"" or ""GRA""). Due to its location in the centre of the Italian peninsula, Rome is the principal railway node for central Italy. Rome's main railway station, Termini, is one of the largest railway stations in Europe and the most heavily used in Italy, with around 400 thousand travellers passing through every day. The second-largest station in the city, Roma Tiburtina, has been redeveloped as a high-speed rail terminus. Rome is served by three airports. The intercontinental Leonardo da Vinci International Airport is Italy's chief airport, is located within the nearby Fiumicino, south-west of Rome. The"
"player in the country. In 2015, he became CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Spa, replacing Moretti. He stated that Renzi and Delrio, at the time respectively Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructures and Transports, offered him the role because both of them had previously experienced first-hand his abilities as CEO. In 2016, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane approved a new Industrial Plan for the 2017-2026 period, which includes 94 billion € in investments and aims to develop both the regional rail transport and freight transport sectors. In 2017, the holding has launched a new company called Mercitalia, which aims to"
"dello Stato operates an extensive network of trains with sleeping cars, especially between the main cities in Northern Italy and the South, including Sicily using train ferry. Sleeping trains in Poland are run by Intercity company. Night trains numbers have been reduced significantly as the quality of the rail infrastructure is declining and repairs are insufficient which leads to longer ride times between cities. A journey started in the Bucharest main station to Arad (599km), usually lasts 11:20 hours when there are no delays. Most night trains in Romania cross the country, covering distances of 400 to 750 km, usually"
"to railway services. Italy does not have a nationwide coach operator. However, in 2015, the British company Megabus (Europe) launched daily intercity bus services on several domestic routes This makes a daily total of 12 services in each direction between Rome and Bologna. Flixbus, a company founded in the course of the opening of the German intercity bus market also serves routes in Italy both domestic and international. Airport shuttle buses, however, are highly developed and convenient for rail travellers. Most airports in Italy are not connected to the railway network, except for Rome Fiumicino Airport, Milan Malpensa Airport and"
"In Italy, the state-controlled railways company ""Ferrovie dello Stato"" (FS), after comparing two models of 2-8-0 engine in 1906, one of which was a simple-expansion (simplex) locomotive purchased from Baldwin and another which was assembled by German and Italian builders with two cylinders compound, opted for a simplex 2-8-0 steam locomotive as basic power for its freight and mixed trains. Production of such locomotives, classified Gr. 740 in Italy, began in 1911 and stopped four years later. During 1915, Italy was involved in the First World War and its national industry was almost entirely taken up by war production. Italian"
"Renato Mazzoncini Renato Mazzoncini has been the CEO and COO of the Italian Railway holding company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Spa from December 2015 to July 2018. He was born in 1968 in Brescia, Italy. In 1992 he graduated with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan. He is married with three children. Between 1995 and 2000, he was a member of a project team set up by Ansaldo Trasporti to build Copenhagen's automatic metro. In the mid-nineties, when Mazzoncini was 26, the apartment complex where he lived blew up due to a gas"
"Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Trieste Centrale railway station is situated at Piazza della Libertà, north of the city centre. It is at the western end of the Borgo Teresiano district, adjacent to the old free port of Trieste. The present day rail network of the city of Trieste is based, for the most part, upon railway lines constructed by the former Austrian and Austro-Hungarian empires. On 27 July 1857, the Austrian railway company """" (SStB) completed the construction of Trieste's first railway facilities. They formed part of the"
"Rail transport in Italy The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are 16,723 km. The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. Italy is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Italy is 83. ""RFI"" (""Rete Ferroviaria Italiana"", Italian Rail Network), a state owned infrastructure manager which administers most of the Italian rail infrastructure. The total length of ""RFI"" active lines is , of which are double tracks. Lines"
"Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. The station was opened on 15 February 1893, upon the inauguration the tract from Trappa to Ormea of the Ceva–Ormea railway. Two tracks, one of which is equipped with platform. Ormea railway station Ormea railway station () is the train station serving the ""comune"" of Ormea, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. It is the junction terminus of the Ceva–Ormea. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the passenger building is managed by comune. The station is served only by historic trains, in the service of tourism, in planned dates."
"of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Regional train services on the Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway are operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE). Taranto railway station is situated at Piazza della Libertà, at the end of Via Duca d'Aosta. It is a short distance to the north west of the ""Ponte di Porta Napoli"", the bridge over the natural channel between Taranto's ""Mar Grande"" and its ""Mar Piccolo"". The station is linked with the city centre by a combination of the ""Ponte di Porta Napoli"", the ""Isola del Borgo Antico"", and the ""Ponte di San Francesco di Paola"","
"became LeNord S.r.l., ""Ferrovie Nord Milano Esercizio S.p.A."" became FERROVIENORD S.p.A. and ""Ferrovie Nord Cargo S.r.l."" became NordCargo S.r.l.. The whole group name became FNM S.p.A.. Since 1993 FERROVIENORD (through LeNord and NordCargo) is managing the Brescia-Iseo-Edolo railway branch, not connected to the main group of lines, centered in the Milan area. Ferrovie Nord Milano Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM S.p.A.) is an Italian public transport company: the second largest railway company in Italy. It operates primarily in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy and Piedmont and in Canton Ticino in southern Switzerland. Listed on the Borsa Italiana, its main shareholders"
"Grandi Stazioni The Roma Termini railway station was the pilot of the Grandi Stazioni program. The Italian railway stations currently operated by the group are: To these will be added the forthcoming Napoli Afragola and Firenze Belfiore stations, which will be part of Italian high-speed rail system. Grandi Stazioni also operates beyond Italy's national borders: since December 2003, the company has adopted a position in the Czech Republic for the upgrading and management of three major railway stations: Praha hlavní nádraží, Karlovy Vary upper station (horní nádraží) and Marianske Lazne. In 2016 (after 13 years) Grandi Stazioni has failed to"
"deliver the contractual obligation to reconstruct the Praha hlavní nádraží and has lost the lease. Grandi Stazioni has decided to sue the Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration for damages without providing the paperwork proving the actual costs spent. Grandi Stazioni SpA is 60% controlled by Ferrovie dello Stato and 40% by Eurostazioni SpA. The following people serve on the board of directors as of December 2013: Grandi Stazioni The Roma Termini railway station was the pilot of the Grandi Stazioni program. The Italian railway stations currently operated by the group are: To these will be added the forthcoming Napoli Afragola and"
"of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Gorizia Centrale railway station is situated at ""Piazzale Martiri per la Libertà d'Italia"", at the southwestern edge of the city centre. The station was opened on , upon the inauguration of the Cormons–Galleria section of the Udine–Trieste railway. Located at that time in the territory of the Austrian Empire, the station then had the dual name of ""Görz/Gorizia"" and was operated by the Imperial Royal Privileged Southern Railway Company of Austria, Venice and central Italy (German: ). In 1902, the station became a junction station for the branch line to Ajdovščina"
"Capitol, by the ring-road (the ""Grande Raccordo Anulare"" or ""GRA""). Due to its location in the centre of the Italian peninsula, Rome is the principal railway node for central Italy. Rome's main railway station, Termini, is one of the largest railway stations in Europe and the most heavily used in Italy, with around 400 thousand travellers passing through every day. The second-largest station in the city, Roma Tiburtina, has been redeveloped as a high-speed rail terminus. As well as frequent high speed day trains to all major Italian cities, Rome is linked nightly by 'boat train' sleeper services to Sicily,"
"rail network. However, the separation was only formal, since both are subsidiaries of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane holding and are owned wholly by the government. Trenitalia operated freight rail services under the Trenitalia Cargo brand until 2017, when Mercitalia took over state-owned freight rail and logistics operations. Trenitalia offers national rail transport in Italy and international connections to Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland. The company operates both regional and long-distance trains. Regional trains travel within an Italian region or between neighboring Italian regions. Trains usually stop at all stations at most, thus connecting small centres to cities. ""Regionale veloce"""
"Other proposed high-speed lines are Salerno-Reggio Calabria, then connected to Sicily using the future Strait of Messina Bridge, and Naples-Bari. All links have the same gauge. Stations on the border are: The Italian railways are partially funded by the government, receiving €8.1 billion of rail subsidies in 2009. These are the major service categories and models of Italian trains. Rail transport in Italy The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are 16,723 km. The network has recently grown with the construction of"
"High-speed rail in Italy High-speed rail in Italy consists of two lines connecting most of the country's major cities. The first line connects Turin to Salerno via Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples, the second runs from Turin to Venice via Milan, and is under construction in parts. Trains are operated with a top speed of . Passenger service is provided by Trenitalia and, since April 2012, by NTV-Italo, the world's first private open-access operator of high-speed rail to compete with a state-owned monopoly. 25 million passengers traveled on the network in 2011. In 2015, ridership increased to 55 million"
"Ferrovie Nord Milano Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM S.p.A.) is an Italian public transport company: the second largest railway company in Italy. It operates primarily in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy and Piedmont and in Canton Ticino in southern Switzerland. Listed on the Borsa Italiana, its main shareholders are the Lombardy Region (57.57%), Ferrovie dello Stato (14.5%) and Aurelia S.p.A. (3%). The company was founded as ""Società Anonima Ferrovie Milano-Saronno e Milano-Erba"" in 1877 by the Belgian Albert Vaucamps. The Milan-Saronno railroad was inaugurated on March 22, 1879, while the Milan-Erba was opened later in December of the same year."
"Milan–Venice railway The Milan–Venice railway line is one of the most important railway lines in Italy. It connects the major city of Milan, in Lombardy, with the Adriatic Sea at Venice, in Veneto. The line is state-owned and operated by the state rail infrastructure company, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana that classifies it as a trunk line. The line is electrified at 3,000 volts DC. The line was designed by the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia to connect its two joint capitals and built by a company named the ""Imperiale Regia Privilege Strada ferrata Ferdinandea Lombardo-Veneta dell'Imperatore"" in honour of Ferdinand I of"
"Ferroviaria Italiana general supervisor. He had been under investigation for an accident that caused the death of 32 people on 29 June 2009. Michele Mario Elia Michele Mario Elia is an Italian manager and CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Spa since May 2014. He was born at Castellana Grotte on 5 October 1946 and he graduated on 1972. He taught ""Misure Elettriche"" in 1970s and then he was hired in Ferrovie dello Stato on 1975 as inspector. Since 1975 to 1980 he made communication systems at Cagliari railway station. Since 1980 to 1986 he made train powerplants at Bari"
"Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Firenze Rifredi railway station is situated in Via dello Steccuto, in the district of Rifredi in the north of the city. The station features nine through tracks used for passenger trains. These are served by five platforms partly covered by canopies. The platforms are connected with each other by a pedestrian underpass. The station is served by regional trains direct to Prato, Bologna, Pisa, Livorno, Pistoia, Lucca, Viareggio, Carrara, La Spezia, Siena, Campiglia Marittima and Grosseto. For many InterCity trains, both northbound and southbound, Firenze Rifredi is the only station in the city of"
"Italy Italy ( ), officially the Italian Republic ( ), is a country in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in Southern Europe. Due to its central geographic location in Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to a myriad of peoples and cultures. In addition to the"
"is based upon a translation of the as at December 2010."" <br> Termoli railway station Termoli railway station () serves the town and ""comune"" of Termoli, in the region of Molise, southern Italy. Opened in 1864, it forms part of the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce) and is also a terminus for the line to Venafro, linking the ""comuni"" of Molise with both the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian seas. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a"
"& Company, and in 2013 as CEO of the International Group Risk Solutions at the Zurich Insurance Group. From April 2012 to February 2013 she was Chief Operating Officer at Willis Group Holding. In December 2015 she was appointed Chair of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. In September 2016, at Tiburtina railway station in Rome, Gioia Ghezzi presented the 2016–2027 Business Plan together with Renato Mazzoncini, CEO and General Director of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. Ms. Ghezzi gave the opening speech and stated that ""the new business plan for Ferrovie dello Stato is an ‘extremely innovative’ plan that aims to transform"
"Le Frecce Le Frecce is the high-speed rail train categories operated by Trenitalia in Italy. In 1997, a new category, ""Eurostar"", was introduced as the brand name of the high-speed trains run by Trenitalia in Italy. Since 2006, trains started to be operated and promoted under further sub-brands and less and less sold under the name ""Eurostar"". In June 2012, the category Eurostar was officially divided into various subcategories indicating various high-speed services. The new categories created were Frecciarossa (literally, ""Red Arrow"") for the fastest trains, Frecciargento (literally, ""Silver Arrow"") for the next category of trains and finally Frecciabianca (literally,"
"Frecciarossa Frecciarossa is a high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, and a member of the train category Le Frecce. The name, which, if spelled ""Freccia rossa"" means ""Red arrow"" in English, was introduced in 2009 after it had previously been known as Eurostar Italia. ""Frecciarossa"" trains operate at speeds of up to . ""Frecciarossa"" is the premier service of Trenitalia and competes with ""italo"", operated by Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. Frecciarossa trains travel on dedicated high speed railway lines and, in some routes, also on conventional railway lines, where they obviously have lower speed limits. Current limitations on"
"Polizia di Stato The Polizia di Stato (State Police or P.S.) is one of the national police forces of Italy. It is the main police force for providing police duties and it is also responsible for highway patrol (""autostrade""), railways (""ferrovie""), airports (""aeroporti""), customs (together with the ""Guardia di Finanza"") as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police forces. It was a military force until 1981 when the Italian State Law 121 was passed. This converted the State Police to a civil force, which is in contrast to the other main police forces of Italy: the ""Arma dei"